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Bears, Big Fish and Buddies: An Alaska Adventure |
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Trip Reports
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Written by Doug Gilmore
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Wednesday, 13 February 2008 14:06 |
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In 2001, I was lucky enough to be able to fish for 6 days in Alaska at the Rainbow King Lodge in Iliamna. It was a trip that dreams are made of. I wrote this brief synopsis of the trip on the day I came back to Georgia.
Fished southwestern Alaska around the Iliamna area, including the Katmai, from July 18 to July 23, 6 days of hard fishing from 8am till 4pm with rods moving most of that time. Every morning, awakening at 5am (Alaska time, 4 hours behind us on the East coast), eat breakfast, load up in a float plane, fly out to the water of the day and fish, fish, fish.
We (my buddy and me) fished: Lower Copper River above Lake Iliamna, American Creek in the Katmai, Easter Creek above Bristol Bay, Rainbow River, off the Newhalen, Newhalen River, and some unnamed glacial lake surrounded by volcanoes. Came within 50 feet of an Alaskan Brown Bear weighing (estimated, of course, I couldn't talk him into getting on the scales) at least 1100 lbs. That same day, I had a smaller brown fall in the water as not 30 feet from me and my friend (who was in the midst of landing a char). |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 March 2008 15:37 )
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